Provided your idea of a "paradise" includes being eaten by your study subjects. :)

>Credits: >>especially the writers of "Superman: Last Son of Krypton" >>Is this a reference to a comic or graphic novel or a >reference to the text novel that came out in the late >70's after the origianl Superman movie?

The WB animated series, actually. "Last Son of Krypton" was the three-part premiere - next time you sit down to watch it, listen a little more closely as Lex explains his relationship to Metropolis near the end.